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Lanxess and DSM Engineering Materials Venture Launched as … – Plastics Technology
Anew major global engineering materials entity, Envalior, emerged April 1, 2023, bringing together two highly complementary industry leaders DSM Engineering Materials (DEM) and Lanxess High Performance Materials (HPM) under the ownership of global private equity firm Advent International and specialty chemicals company Lanxess. The latter holds about 40% and Advent about 60% of the joint venture.Envalior builds on a 100-year track record of customer-focused innovation and a strong global footprint in Asia, Europe, and the US, and will offer its customers a unique portfolio of leading product brands and recycled and bio-based materials, combined with deep application and materials expertise. The companys high-performance solutions enable the transformation of key industries, such as automotive and new mobility, electronics and electrical, and consumer goods sectors and include well-known brands:
Akulon, Durethan, and Novamid nylons 6 and 66
Arnite PET and PBT and Pocan PBT
Stanyl nylon 46
Ecopaxx nylon 410
Fortii 4T PPA
Arnitel TPC
Xytron PPS
Composite Tepex
Glass fiber and caprolactum
The new corporate brand reflects a combination of characteristics that best summarizes Envaliors ambition: EN (engaging, enterprising, engineering, environment) and VALIOR (value-driven and value-creating). Said Envalior CEO Calum MacLean, Our new companys product portfolio includes some of the most recognizable product brands in our industry, and we are a leading supplier to a number of key industries. By combining two highly complementary businesses, we have created a true industry leader that will realize value and drive progress for our customers, our employees, our shareholders, and society as a whole. He also underlined that the company will continue the focus on sustainable solutions first started at DEM and HPM, building on its strong track record of innovating at the forefront of changing market dynamics and evolving customer needs focusing on sustainability. We will be known for our highly collaborative and pioneering spirit. Moving forward, we will continue to drive carbon efficient and circular technology within our industry to enable sustainable solutions across the value chain.
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Riley ready to lead as dean of the School of Engineering – UNM Newsroom
Donna Riley, a recognized leader in engineering education and in bringing diverse views into the field of engineering, will beginApril 1 as the Jim and Ellen King Dean of Engineering and Computing at The University of New Mexico.
She is the 22nd and first female dean of the School of Engineering, which was founded in1906. She also holds the rank of professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at UNM.
She joins UNM from Purdue University, where she was the Kamyar Haghighi Head and Professor in the School of Engineering Education since 2017. She previously was professor and interim head in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, and from 2013-2015 served as program director for engineering education at the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Riley spent 13 years as a founding faculty member of the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College, the first engineering program at a U.S. womens college. She is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and recently was elected as vice president of scholarship for ASEE, a two-year term beginning at the 2023 ASEE Conference and Expo in Baltimore in June.
Rileys research focuses on the field of engineering education, especially the integration of ethics, communication, social analysis, lifelong learning and how those skillsets help in the formation of engineering professionals. She is the author of two books,Engineering and Social JusticeandEngineering Thermodynamics and 21stCentury Energy Problems.She is the recipient of the 2016 Alfred N. Goldsmith Award from the IEEE Professional Communications Society, the 2012 Sterling Olmsted Award from ASEE, and the 2010 Educator of the Year award from Out to Innovate.
While she was at Smith, she received an NSF CAREER Award in 2005 for Liberative Pedagogies in Engineering Education. The award is NSFs most prestigious award in support of early career faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research.
For early-career faculty, especially those with an eye toward advancing their research and academic administrative careers, the NSF CAREER Award is a highly sought-after credential, and Riley of course was interested in seeking the award. However, due to her initial scholarly interests in transdisciplinary approaches to environmental justice, she was discouraged to learn her topic fell in between two funding directorates at the National Science Foundation.
I was told that I could never win a CAREER Award because my research didnt fit into one of the predetermined categories. They told me not to apply. I was crushed.
But thanks to her connections with some mentors and professionals in the engineering education arena, she was encouraged to pursue an award after learning there was a new engineering education category. Riley drew on innovative approaches to teaching engineering that she had been exploring in Smiths new engineering program, drawing both inspiration and encouragement from author bell hooks, with whom she had a conversation during one of hookss visits to Smith. Riley said hookss book,Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom, had a profound impact on her, and she shared some of her ideas sparked by the book with the author.
When she told hooks her thoughts about what eventually became the subject of her CAREER Award developing critical pedagogies for engineering classroom implementations the trailblazing author and academic gave her the validation that helped her find success.
She said, You have to write about this. And so I did, and it became my NSF CAREER Award project, Riley said. It was a bit of an unusual experience that led me to win the award.
Riley was born and raised in Los Angeles, and it was actually the citys legendary smog that first piqued her interest in engineering and environmental concerns. Her father was a first-generation college graduate, earning a bachelors degree in chemical engineering from what is now Missouri S&T and pursuing a career in the oil and gas industry.
Taking his advice, she also pursued chemical engineering, earning a bachelors degree from Princeton University. Having a passion for environmental science and the ways that engineering and policy intersect, she earned a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in engineering and public policy.
Always curious about fields outside engineering, Riley enjoyed taking various courses in social sciences and not only found the subject matter engaging, but also the teaching methods. She noticed a marked difference in the way a literature course that is focused on ideas and questions and discussion was presented in comparison to a typical engineering course, which often is presented in a one-way lecture style.
I kept thinking, How do I teach more like they do in the social sciences? That is really what got me interested in the field of engineering education.
While being a dean is a new role for Riley, she said she and her female assistant professor colleagues at Smith started preparing early, connecting with a network of female academics and deans of engineering who have served as mentors through the years.
Although as a female in engineering she is used to being one of the only women in a room (she was the only female department head in the College of Engineering at Purdue), coming in as the first woman dean of UNM Engineering will be a new milestone: This will be the first time Im a first.
One of the things she liked about UNM was that the university is open to change and new ideas, and that is no different in the traditionally male field of engineering.
Many of the universitys leaders are female including some who are engineers so I think UNM is ready for it, she said. Its really exciting.
Riley and her spouse are looking forward to enjoying some things she couldnt experience in the Midwest: New Mexican culture and learning about xeriscaping. She also enjoys hiking, running, art, food (both cooking and eating) and crafting, especially knitting.
As dean, she is ready to hit the ground running the next few weeks with a listening tour to gather information about the School of Engineerings successes, opportunities, challenges and more. She will then synthesize that feedback into a comprehensive plan that will guide her priorities for the School.
She will be fine-tuning her priorities over the coming months, but two areas she wants to focus on are creating and growing partnerships for research, economic development, and education, and inclusive excellence, including how we can own the fact that we are both a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an R1 institution where impactful research is key.
UNMs 2040 goals will be front and center as well.
UNM 2040 was one of things that excited me about UNM, she said. There is a clarity of purpose and vision, with a focus on how to use discovery, learning, and engagement to improve lives while also leveraging inclusive excellence.
While she expects some new focuses, she said the vision of the School of Engineering will likely have a lot of familiar aspects to it.
I believe in not fixing what isnt broken, she said. I look forward to the challenge of bringing together different perspectives of various groups, both internal and external, to move us forward toward a common goal.
A continued emphasis on building UNM and the School of Engineering as a leader will undoubtedly be a priority for Riley.
We have to remind ourselves why we are here. We are here for the students, and for the people of New Mexico, to improve lives and further economic development, she said. We have got to have a better-prepared workforce. This has to be a collaborative effort, and with UNM as the states flagship institution, it is our role to take the lead.
Media contact: Kim Delker, Marketing Manager, UNM School of Engineering, (765) 427-0300, ksdelker@unm.edu
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A chat with engineers on the engineering superiority complex – Campus Times
Engineers are taking over.
A long-observed but hardly quantifiable phenomenon, known as the engineering superiority complex, has plagued campus since the universitys founding. If you thought the pre-med complex was bad, it really does not compare to this one. Ranting about orgo labs? Thats better than doing engineering. MATH 162 WebWork? At least you dont have to solve second differential order circuits. Complaining to a friend about your upcoming philosophy paper due? Well, actually, shut up, because listen, theyre an engineer, and theyve probably spent more hours of their lives on their weekly problem sets than you have sleeping. Conversely, theyve spent as much time sleeping as you have scrolling on TikTok in one sitting hopefully (and also hopefully not) more than two hours. Thats the complex in a nutshell.
The CT spoke with the excessively conceited majors themselves to learn more about this phenomenon. Across the Universitys five academic programs within the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the students of interest included biomedical (BME), chemical (Chem-E), electrical and computer (ECE), mechanical (Mech-E), and optical (no real campus colloquialism apparently, just optics) engineers. Computer science students were not interviewed because they do not qualify as engineers.
The complex, initially thought to be a general sense of superiority over non-engineers, proves to be much more complicated. Within the engineering school, there are evident power trips, namely among the BMEs. Sophomore Bee Emmy, a BME with a Cell & Tissue Concentration, said, Even though BMEs just basically take a tour of all the other engineering majors, I still feel that our majors legit, referring to the BME curriculum, which requires them to take the intro classes for every other engineering major and somehow combine it into one useful degree. Emmys concentration in Cell & Tissue means that she takes classes with Chem-Es, while her peers concentrating in Biomechanics join the Mech-Es most of whom when interviewed regret choosing BME and wish they did Mech-E from the start while the literal handful of Signals & Systems BMEs split off sadly to group with the ECEs.
Some shots were also fired at the BME optics engineers. Senior Fourier T. Spark, tired of being clowned for choosing BME signals, deflected and instead raised a very legitimate question: Why would you do BME optics when you can just be an optical engineer? Unfortunately for Spark, with less than one semester until graduation, hes also too far along on his majors pathway to switch, because why would you do BME signals when you can just do ECE?
In the process of stopping strangers on the engineering quad, the CT also mistakenly interviewed some students coming out of Hutch, who appeared to be engineers due to how lifeless and depressed they looked, but were really just pre-meds coming from the morning chem lecture (weaklings). After shifting locations to the entrance to Goergen to filter out pre-meds, a new question came to mind: If a pre-med and an engineer had a fight, who would win? Obviously the engineer unless they are the same person.
Yes, there are actually engineering pre-meds. The only logical question to ask next would be why on earth a hapless soul would subject themselves to that. Luckily, Goergen was the perfect spot to get some answers. Unfortunately, actually speaking to students of this rare breed was a mistake and directly revealed the absolute worst egotistical combination you can find.
I know this will sound super narcissistic, but pre-med is just too easy for me. Thats why Im an engineer. So I can do both, the deranged student standing in front of me said, as he sipped from a trenta cold brew. The student did not wish to disclose his name, but did disclose that he was a Chem-E, and that he was conducting research in three labs, managing three engineering and pre-med societies, and performing weekly open-heart surgeries on patients at URMC.
Mysteriously, the number of students enrolled in Hajim skyrocketed from last year. The reasons are currently unknown, but the running suspects are the Dunning-Kruger effect (aka reverse imposter syndrome), herd mentality, and a general consensus on why-suffer-less-when-you-can-suffer-more. Whether the incoming class is actually smart or marginally competent is TBA, but hey, theyre engineers.
Truly, in no other department will you find majors as culty, conceited, and attention-seeking as Hajim. The iZone project rooms are swarmed with desperate engineers crowding at office hours; once you see the formulas they write up on the Gleason studio whiteboards its all Greek, where are the numbers? that should be your red flag to run away while you can. Every single one of them has no real reason to brag except for the flimsy excuse that they are, in fact, an engineer. Still, if you ask any engineer what engineering is, they shouldnt be able to give you a straight answer. (If they do, theyre not a real engineer.)
Spark agreed. You never really know what youre doing in class, honestly, he said. You just kind of plug in numbers and hope that in lab the thing doesnt explode.
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David Wessin Joins American Global as Vice President-Risk … – Construction Dive
PLANTATION, Fla.
American Global is excited to announce that David Wessin has joined our team as Vice President-Risk Engineering Services, based out of our office in Plantation, Florida. David will support American Global clients on developing best practices for safety and loss control, while following through on their execution in the field to help maintain their competitive edge in the industry.
David has worked in the field of health and safety for over 35 years. Throughout his career, he has chaired and served on numerous local, state and national safety and health committees. David also founded the Safety Alliance for Excellence (SAFE) in 2012, a grassroots safety organization that has an alliance with OSHA.
Most recently, Davjd worked as Vice President of Safety & Risk for a leading construction staffing company in Florida, where he created and managed their safety services division. Previously, he served as Vice President of Loss Prevention for Coastal Construction Group where he managed a team of over 25 safety professionals, as well as a Safety Director for the largest crane company in Florida.
Will Griffin, President of the Plantation office, noted I have had the pleasure of working with David for several years and have seen, firsthand, the value he brings to the construction community. Adding David to our team greatly strengthens our safety and risk control capabilities, and he will be a tremendous resource to our clients. We are very excited to add David to our experienced and passionate team of construction professionals.
David added "I look forward to working with the team at American Global and the opportunity it provides to utilize my experience to benefit our clients with practical and innovative solutions for managing safety, and risk within their organizations. As an integral part of the Risk Engineering Services department, I know American Global will continue to revolutionize the role of the broker and demonstrate why its time to start expecting more!"
Last month, David was a member of the judging panel for the national safety awards, presented by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) and he has previously judged the national AGC CSEA Awards. Several years earlier, as a participant at CSEA, David personally received a first-place award. For the past 15 years, he has also provided consulting and training services along with EHS news headlines, to over 10,000 subscribers via a weekly newsletter through Safety & Risk Advisors.
David received his OSHA Construction Outreach Trainer/US Department of Labor from Georgia Tech University and Disaster Site Worker/OSHA/FMA training from the University of South Florida. He is also a graduate of Winona State College. David Wessin can be reached at 305-351-9138 or via email at [emailprotected]
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American Global is one of the largest privately held insurance and surety brokerage firms in the U.S. specializing in all aspects of construction risk management. We support contractors, owners, and developers throughout the entire scope of their project and across every milestone of their business, protecting against the risks and exposures specific to the construction industry. American Global has multiple offices across the United States, as well as in England and Italy, to serve clients throughout the US, Latin America, the United Kingdom, and Europe.
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15 Countries That Produce the Best Engineers in the World – Yahoo Finance
In this article, we take a look at the 15 countries that produce the best engineers in the world. For more such countries, go to 5 Countries That Produce The Best Engineers in the World.
The field of engineering is the bedrock of modern civilization, right from the industrial revolution to the information revolution. Engineering is directly responsible for technological progress, with the latter being critical to Total Factor Productivity (TFP), which, in turn, has a strong correlation of 60% with economic progress in advanced countries.
As manufacturing has primarily moved to emerging economies, with advanced economies largely being services-based, the demand for software engineers is higher in the latter. It is demonstrated by an Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) report, which shows that the pursuit of electrical engineering degrees has dropped by 90%, offset by a 90% increase in computer science graduations in the US over the past 50 years.
However, generally, interest in STEM fields is on the decline in the US. It was already low among girls, but has been declining for boys as well. According to an IET survey in 2019, young pupils interest in domains like design and technology, and Information and Communications Technology is down 12% and 14%, respectively.
The trend of declining interest is long-term, which is directly contributing to the shortage of engineers, with other factors being an aging workforce, the broader labor shortage and many engineers taking up managerial roles. The Bureau of Labor Statistics sees a shortage of a total of 6 million engineers in the US between 2016-2026.
Despite the problems, the US is one of the best countries when it comes to most engineering fields. It is due to a world class private education system, high-tech employment opportunities and infrastructure.
Some of the most notable companies in the US, like Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) and The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) hire engineers from diverse fields like electrical, software, aerospace and materials engineering. Further, these companies provide opportunities to work on cutting-edge technology while paying lucrative salary packages, which are higher than the market average.
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For instance, according to Indeed, the median salary that Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) pays its electrical engineers is $129,000. On the other hand, the average salary that Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) pays to its engineers is 22% higher than the market average.
Lastly, The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) pays its engineers an average of $96,364 a year, which is 20% higher than the national average. Apart from Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) and The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), other technology companies that are known to have generous packages for their engineers include Google, Microsoft and Northrop Grumman, to name a few.
Coming back to engineer-shortage, Germany is facing a similar problem, and like the US, is dealing with the problem through skilled immigration. In the past 10 years, for example, the number of skilled Indian immigrants working in the country in engineering fields has grown by 558%.
According to BLS, 139,300 engineering jobs (excluding software engineering) will be added in the US during the forecast period of 2016-2026, with civil engineering jobs comprising the largest share, at 23%, owing to the ongoing overhauling of the infrastructure in the country. Civil engineering jobs are followed by mechanical, industrial and electrical engineering jobs.
Agricultural engineering jobs comprise the lowest share in the US in the projected period, with expected growth of only 200 jobs from 2016-2026. In addition, agricultural engineers wages are also the lowest among engineering wages, with the median annual income being $73,640.
With that said, lets move on to 15 countries that produce the best engineers in the world.
15 Countries That Produce the Best Engineers in the World
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Weve defined best countries in engineering as ones which have high-quality Knowledge and Technology (KT) output in the engineering fields as well as advanced and impactful research, signifying the quality of engineers.
We picked up the countries' overall rankings from the Global Innovation Index of 2021, and their rankings in H-Index for engineering papers from the Scimago Journal and Country Rank. We then calculated the averages of the countries' rankings on the two indexes and ranked them based on their average rankings in ascending order of high quality engineering.
The global innovation index measures the quality of variables like human capital, infrastructure, business sophistication, academic institution, and KT output.
The H-index metric from Scimago, on the other hand, gauges the aggregate impact of scholarly output. It lets us know which countries' engineers are leading their respective fields in research and development. An H-index of 20 means that for all academic publications by an engineer, 20 of them have been referred to by other researchers at-least 20 times.
Here are the 15 countries that produce the best engineers in the world:
Scimago Ranking: 21
Global Innovation Index Ranking: 15
Average Ranking: 18
Israel is widely renowned for several of the key engineering fields. It is owing to the fact that the country has a reputation for producing some of the best engineers in the world.
Israel is especially known for Simcha Blass, the inventor of Drip Irrigation, a revolutionary technology that saves irrigation water by 20-50%. Blasss invention has led to the widespread adoption of drip irrigation technology around the world.
Among other engineering feats Israel has to its claim, are RSA encryption, laser keyboards and Nanowire. Due to the top-notch talent in the country, as well as a pro-business environment, Israel attracted 28 times more venture capital per capita than the US in 2021. Technion and Tel Aviv University are two of the most notable institutes in Israel for engineering education.
Scimago Ranking: 24
Global Innovation Index Ranking: 7
Average Ranking: 15.5
Finland is known for highly talented engineers. The country is particularly significant for its expertise in the fields of telecommunications, electronics, automation, and environmental technology. Some of its most prestigious universities, when it comes to engineering, are Aalto University and University of Oulu.
Finland also extensively spends on R&D. In 2020, R&D spending in Finland accounted for 2.9% of the countrys GDP. On the corporate front, Finland is known for prominent companies in technology and telecommunications like Nokia.
Scimago Ranking: 20
Global Innovation Index Ranking: 9
Average Ranking: 14.5
Denmark is one of the best countries in engineering. One domain where Danish engineers are truly distinguished is renewable energy. The country has been a leader in the development of wind energy technology, and is home to several of the world's largest offshore wind farms.
Some of its top universities known for engineering disciplines include Aalborg University, Technical University of Denmark and Aarhus University.
Scimago Ranking: 14
Global Innovation Index Ranking: 8
Average Ranking: 11
Singapore is considered one of the most advanced countries in engineering, owing to its world-class education system producing some of the best engineers in the world.
The country is home to world class engineering institutions like Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore. Its technical institutions have a reputation for churning out highly qualified engineers. In 2021, Singapore earned $32 billion from exports of information and communication technology.
Scimago Ranking: 5
Global Innovation Index Ranking: 16
Average Ranking: 10.5
Canada is one of the leaders when it comes to countries that produce the best civil engineers in the world. It ranks 17th out of 167 countries on the aggregate logistics performance index. The country also shines in other fields.
For instance, Canada has significant technical expertise in the aerospace industry, with companies such as Bombardier and Pratt & Whitney Canada developing advanced aircraft and engine technologies.
In terms of engineering education, the University of Toronto, University of Waterloo and the University of British Columbia are the most prominent institutes in the country.
Scimago Ranking: 6
Global Innovation Index Ranking: 13
Average Ranking: 9.5
Japan is one of the countries known to produce the best engineers in the world. Among its top electronics-manufacturing companies, Panasonic, Toshiba and Sony are especially worthy of mention.
Japan is a robotics superpower. As of 2022, 45% of the operational industrial robots around the world were manufactured in Japan.
China is the biggest importer of Japanese robots, with its market accounting for 36% of the latter's robotics exports. Japans scale of electronics-manufacturing already being one of the highest in the world, grew further by 11% in 2021
Among the most notable universities in the country, as it pertains to engineering, are University of Tokyo and Tohoku University. On the other hand, the company involved in the highest quality engineering and R&D in Japan is Sony, according to Scimago.
Scimago Ranking: 17
Global Innovation Index Ranking: 2
Average Ranking: 9.5
Sweden spends significantly on research and development, with the R&D budget exceeding 3% of its GDP in 2020. Sweden has dedicated infrastructure when it comes to engineering.
Its top engineering academic institutes include Chalmers Institute of Technology, Royal Institute of Technology and Linkoping University. Some of the top companies benefiting from Swedens engineering talent include Spotify and Ericsson.
Scimago Ranking: 7
Global Innovation Index Ranking: 11
Average Ranking: 9
France is one of the noteworthy countries known to produce the best engineers in the world, particularly aerospace engineers. The country is home to several major aerospace companies, including Airbus and Thales, and has a long history of developing advanced aircraft and spacecraft technologies.
France is also advanced in the fields of energy and transportation. The country has made significant investments in nuclear power and has developed advanced technologies for nuclear energy production. In addition, France has developed high-speed rail technology, with its TGV trains being among the fastest in the world.
When it comes to engineering institutes, University of Paris-Saclay and Sorbonne University are two of the top universities in the country.
Scimago Ranking: 11
Global Innovation Index Ranking: 6
Average Ranking: 8.5
The Netherlands is one of the prominent countries that produce the best engineers in the world. The Netherlands shines in engineering disciplines like electrical, mechanical and software engineering.
The Dutch are particularly known for their expertise in water management and flood control, as well as their pioneering work in sustainable energy and transportation. The country is also home to a number of leading engineering firms and research institutions, including Delft University of Technology, one of the top engineering schools in the world.
In terms of high-tech companies, The Netherlands is home to ASML, a chip manufacturer considered highly important with regard to global electronics manufacturing and supply chains.
Scimago Ranking: 10
Global Innovation Index Ranking: 5
Average Ranking: 7.5
South Korea is a leader in electronics, with Seoul being the best-rated city in the world, with a score of 288, for talent availability in electronics and electrical engineering. South Korea is also home to Samsung, the third largest electronics company in the world.
Samsungs engineers are taking Moores law to its limits and making chips with a 3 nm fabrication process, a semiconductor technology frontier as of 2022. Samsung has further announced to mass-produce chips with a 2 nm fabrication process by 2025 and 1.4 nm process by 2027.
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American Indian Hall at Montana State University was designed by 2022 Intermountain Design Firm of the Year Morrison-Maierle.
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ENR Mountain States is putting the finishing touches on our annual top design firms lists, which will be published in the May/June issue of the magazine. The firms will be ranked based on 2022 revenues for work done within the Mountain States region (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and the Dakotas). Our top designers issue will also include more specialized lists of the top firms in the region ranked by the amount of sector-specific and green work they have done in the past year.
We have received nearly 70 surveys so far, and those firms are listed at the end of this blog post. If your firm is not listed, we have extended the deadline to Monday, April 24 to give you a little more time. Note: due to space limitations, its possible that not all firms that submit surveys will be included in the print ranking as a result of their revenue totals.
Check out last years Colorado/Wyoming/Dakotas ranking here and the Intermountain ranking here. Fill out a survey to be included in this year's ranking here and check out information about all our regional top lists, including Top Contractors at this link. If you have any questions, please reach out to Jack McMackin, ENR's data coordinator for surveys and rankings, at mcmackinj@enr.com, or ENR Mountain States editor Jennifer Seward, at sewardj@enr.com.
Here's the list of firms that have completed the survey:
Affiliated Engineers Inc.
Alfred Benesch & Company
Atwell LLC
Ayres Associates
Bowman (Bowman Consulting Group)
BSA LifeStructures
Burns & McDonnell
CannonDesign
CMTA
CTA Architects Engineers
David Evans and Associates
Davis Partnership Architects
DLR Group
EDA
Electrical Consultants Inc.
Eppstein Uhen Architects Inc.
Farnsworth Group
FFKR Architects
Galloway
Gannett Fleming
GGLO
Goettsch Partners
HNTB Corporation
Horrocks Engineers
Huckabee
IMEG Corp.
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson Inc.
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants Inc.
Kimley-Horn
Kleinfelder
Martin/Martin Inc.
Maser Consulting P.A.
ME Engineers
Merrick & Company
Method Studio
Michael Baker International
Morrison-Maierle Inc.
Mott MacDonald
Ninyo & Moore
NWL Architects
Parametrix
Perkins&Will
Plummer
R&R Engineers-Surveyors
Raba Kistner Inc.
RATIO
Reaveley Engineers
RS&H Inc.
SAM LLC
SEH
Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB)
Spectrum Engineers Inc.
Stanley Consultants
Stantec
Sunrise Engineering
Swanson Rink
SWCA Environmental Consultants
T2 Utility Engineers
Terracon
The Beck Group
Think Architecture Inc.
TreanorHL
WGM Group Inc.
Wilson & Company Inc., Engineers & Architects
Woodard & Curran
Jennifer Seward is editor of ENR Mountain States, which covers Colorado, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Utah, Idaho and Montana. She has more than two decades of experience writing for the AEC industry and reports from Denver.
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Prof. Rahul Nair awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Award – The University of Manchester
Professor Rahul Nair has been appointed as the Carlsberg/Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Advanced Membranes for Sustainable Separation Technology.
This prestigious five-year position is part of the Academy's Research Chair scheme, which promotes collaboration between academia and businesses to tackle engineering challenges. Prof. Nair is one of seven U. K. researchers awarded this position.
Professor Nair, of the Department of Chemical Engineering and the National Graphene Institute, will partner with Carlsberg Group to develop next-generation membranes for filtration and separation technology specifically for the food and beverage sector. The project will explore how graphene and other 2D materials-based membranes can be used for more healthy, sustainable, and responsible plant-based food production.
Graphene and other two-dimensional materials offer unique advantages in separation and purification technology due to their ability to fabricate membranes with tunable pore sizes, controllable surface wetting functionalities, and fast water and solvent transport. Professor Nair's group is already collaborating with several leading industries to develop graphene-based membranes for water desalination, filtration, and oil separation. This partnership with Carlsberg aims to further expand this research direction into the food and beverage industries.
Professor Nair said: Adopting a more plant-based lifestyle can lower the impact of climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and water usage. By investigating and applying novel membrane technology, the project will target the selective removal of sugars, alcohol and acids to obtain a more balanced plant-based diet. It will strengthen the general food sector by providing better plant-based food and beverage products.
Carlsberg has a tradition of supporting creative ideas through collaborations and helping to overcome engineering challenges, said Professor Nair. The National Graphene Institute (NGI) at the University of Manchester is the world's largest academic space of its kind, solely dedicated to 2D materials research and covers the full scale of research from fundamentals to prototypes.
Dr. Birgitte Skadhauge, Vice President at Carlsberg Research Laboratory, said this new partnership, enabled by a substantial donation from Carlsberg Foundation, will contribute to Carlsbergs vision and commitment to sustainability, a healthier future, and zero carbon emission in all breweries by 2030 and in the value chain by 2040 via Carlsbergs Together Towards ZERO and Beyond program.
Dr. Arvid Garde, Director of Brewing Technology at Carlsberg Research Laboratory added this research direction has the potential to significantly impact the food and beverage industry, as well as other industries that require advanced separation and purification technologies.
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Jams, strikes and engineering work add up to an Easter holiday bunfight – The Guardian
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Transport operators expect cracking takings despite strikes at home and in France, plus chaos on road and rail
With the approach of the Easter holiday weekend comes the time-honoured question, immortalised by the Clash: should I stay or should I go? To which the answer has long been how about neither?
Those who choose to holiday in rainy Britain will be grappling with record traffic jams or a semi-functioning railway handily axed at its London roots by seasonal engineering works. Trips abroad must be navigated via strikes at Heathrow, and whatever French air traffic controllers decide to do (hint: strike). Home or away, the cost of travel and accommodation has surged.
The good news, for holidaymakers and businesses that cater for them, is that the logistics are looking better than last Easter, when there appeared to be no easy way to flee these islands. However, despite P&O Ferries being back and sailing after the pause in 2022 for it to illegally fire all its crew and employ cheap foreign labour on short-term contracts those opting to leave the country via the Port of Dover quickly ran into another traffic jam on Friday, with coach traffic facing significant delays.
Meanwhile, airlines and airports believe they have, by and large, managed to recruit enough people on slightly better pay to get their booked passengers away, after the rude awakening of last Easter, when staff shortages led to huge queues, delays and widespread cancellations
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Flight numbers are returning to pre-Covid levels as the recovery continues for airlines. In total about 44,000 flights will take off from UK airports over this two-week school holiday period, potentially carrying up to 8 million passengers, with Dublin, Amsterdam, Mlaga, Palma and Alicante the most popular destinations.
Easter weekend will be about 12% busier than last year, but still 12% down on 2019 figures, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium. EasyJet, which will operate more than 20% of those flights, has said it expects flying to be back at pre-pandemic levels by the summer months.
So airports are only going to get busier. Heathrow has more or less ruled out imposing any kind of capacity cap as it did last summer, with a 100,000-passengers-a-day limit. But it has invited airlines to stop selling flights for the Easter period as it rides out a strike by security staff, and has made British Airways cancel about 5% of its flights from Terminal 5, which is in the eye of the industrial storm.
Unions say disruption is inevitable if Heathrow doesnt increase its pay offer, but as the strike got under way this weekend, the airport seemed to be winning. Boss John Holland-Kaye, who is soon destined for the exit and recently sported the kind of purple company polo shirt that reminds you why chief executives wear suits, told TV cameras that the everyday airport hell behind him was Heathrow running entirely as normal.
Airlines such as Ryanair and easyJet appear to be more worried about France, where air traffic controllers are reportedly ready to walk out daily throughout April, with as little as 24 hours notice.
So, home it is. According to VisitEngland, 6.5 million Brits are planning an overnight trip in the UK over the Easter weekend, with about half that number again still pondering whether to take their chances with weather, traffic and trains.
Next Saturday will be the busiest day, with 8 million leisure drivers on the roads, according to the AA. Rail strikes, at least, have been paused, although those who hoped to travel between London, Birmingham and Manchester over Easter will find the west coast mainline closed at Milton Keynes for engineering work.
That might spare more scrutiny of FirstGroup and its intercity Avanti service, which remains under threat of renationalisation for poor performance along with sister operator TransPennine, the scale of whose daily sneak cancellations were recently exposed again by the rail regulator.
Nonetheless, be it train, boat or plane, transport firms profit forecasts are up as they trust in the publics inability to sit quietly in a room with the heating off, rather than hit the M6 or book a Ryanair flight. As sure as eggs is eggs, well sally out again.
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Liqcreate launches new affordable ESD resin to expand its … – 3D Printing Industry
Netherlands-based independent 3D printing resin manufacturer Liqcreate has launched Liqcreate ESD, a new cost-effective ESD safe 3D printing resin which adds to Liqcreates already extensive engineering resin portfolio.
An opaque black photopolymer resin, Liqcreate ESD is targeted towards supporting electronic manufacturers and service centers to mass manufacture their ESD parts with resin 3D printing. Parts printed using this material possess electrostatic discharge properties, making them ideal for electronic manufacturing and ESD-safe workplaces (EPA).
This new resin, which can be processed on most resin based 3D printers, also offers rigidity and impact resistance, ensuring that printed components not only display antistatic properties but are also sufficiently durable. With prices starting at just 139,95 / kg, Liqcreate ESD offers an affordable option to those requiring static-dissipative parts designed for the factory floor.
ESD 3D printer compatibility and applications
Liqcreate ESD is a versatile material that has been designed to be used on almost all resin 3D printing systems in the range of 385 420 nm using DLP, MSLA, SLA or LCD technology. Numerous printers have already been optimized prior to the release of the resin, and many more are expected to follow in the short term. A comprehensive list of printers compatible with Liqcreate ESD is available on the Liqcreate website and can be accessed here.
Having been designed to meet the demands of the electronics and manufacturing industry, Liqcreate ESDs isotropic electrostatic dissipative properties make it especially well suited for the production of electronic devices and components that require ESD. Moreover, components produced using this resin possess rigidity, whilst also being robust and impact resistant. These characteristics make this resin particularly well suited for applications such as electronic enclosures and factory tools.
Ultimately, Liqcreate ESD offers manufacturers the ability to reduce risk and increase manufacturing capabilities by printing custom jigs, fixtures and tools to protect critical electronics components from static discharge.
Liqcreate ESD Technical Data
Liqcreate ESD has already been extensively validated by industry experts prior to its release, and a full breakdown of the resins technical properties can be viewed below.
Liqcreate ESD polymer properties. Image via Liqcreate.
Isotropic ESD properties
The ESD properties of Liqcreates new resin have been measured by different methods and in different printing directions. AE30-ANSI and SRM 200 measurements on surface resistivity show uniform ESD properties across the part and in different directions, all well within the ESD range.
OEM possibilities for ESD resins & masterbatches
Alongside its branded resin range, Liqcreate also provides an OEM service which offers to develop custom materials for those in need of a non-standard formula for a specific application. Through this service, customers can request the development of a polymer possessing precise characteristics, which impact its printing speed, as well as the properties of the resulting part.
With regards to ESD resins, customers can request the formulation of materials with different properties. For instance, Liqcreate can produce elastomer or flexible ESD materials with a Shore A of 45 80, or rigid or high temp ESD materials that can endure chip cycles at elevated temperatures. Once the required properties have been specified, Liqcreates engineers work closely with the client to develop the resin according to their specifications. Liqcreate also offers expert guidance on how to dial in their new resins for a given printer, preparing them for production.
Being an independent resin manufacturer with R&D facilities, Liqcreate is capable of rapidly scaling its production of custom made resins where needed. Moreover, the standalone nature of the company ensures that there is minimal competition or conflict when working with 3D printer hardware manufacturers. This ensures that the firm can work quickly and get resins to market in quantity, avoiding any issues or delays that would keep clients waiting.
Liqcreates growing engineering resin portfolio
Liqcreate ESD is the latest offering to be added into Liqcreates growing portfolio, to meet the high demands of the engineering and high-tech sector. Alongside its general purpose polymers, designed to provide users with high print accuracy and a smooth finish, the firm has launched the high-throughout MSLA focused Premium Tough and Premium Flex. Aimed towards customers seeking to make engineering parts, Liqcreate has also introduced the Tough-X, Strong-X, Flexible-X, Elastomer-X and Composite-X photopolymers, which incorporate a variety of mechanical properties.
For dental customers, Liqcreate has launched its Premium Model, Dental Model Pro and Gingiva Mask materials, as well as its Wax Castable resins. Between them, these resins enable the creation of aligner models with low shrinkage and high dimensional stability, in addition to soft tissue, gum-like parts for dental implant models.
Customers can find out more about Liqcreates material portfolio, and the new ESD photopolymer 3D printing resin, by visiting the Liqcreate website or reaching out to a Liqcreate representative or dealer.
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Ocean Installer, Baker Hughes Team Up to Deliver Integrated Subsea Engineering Solution – Offshore Engineer
Offshore installation firm Ocean Installer has formalized an alliance with energy industry services giant Baker Hughes to deliver a new, integrated subsea engineering solution that, the company says, provides efficiencies from project appraisal through to operations.
According to Ocean Installer, the new global agreement will minimize the total expenditure and delivery time of offshore developments, including energy transition projects, by "innovatively pre-provisioning the deployment of key components and providing flexibility on vessel and equipment delivery schedules."
"The one team philosophy combines Baker Hughes extensive technology and engineering offering with Ocean Installers subsea and marine operations expertise and enhances an already successful North Sea collaboration that was first concepted on the Balder Future integrated subsea production system, umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SPS+SURF) project for Vr Energi in Norway in 2019," the company said.
Kevin Murphy, Ocean Installer CEO said: We have enjoyed a highly successful relationship with Baker Hughes for many years and are delighted to formally continue and enhance that partnership for our global customer-base."
We have built a strong culture of trust with Baker Hughes and are aligned in delivering projects that assist the local communities we operate in and reduce the carbon footprint of our customers developments. We look forward to advancing these aims further in our new global agreement.
Having successfully worked together on several projects in the North Sea, Baker Hughes looks forward to continuing our collaboration with Ocean Installer to deliver integrated solutions for targeted projects, said Dave Dillon, senior vice president, Subsea & Surface Pressure Systems at Baker Hughes.
Together, using our Subsea Connect framework, we will continue to advance innovation, deliver optimal solutions to our customers and drive positive change in the industry.
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